19 August, 2016

Stein: US should stop funding Israel & Saudi Arabia

U.S.
Presidential Candidate Aims to Stop Funding Countries That Violate
International Law and Human Rights

Over the
last few weeks, the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has
killed dozens of civilians and bombed at least one school and one
hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders. A number of activists,
politicians and news outlets, including The New York Times, are
calling on the United States to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia over
the ongoing conflict. But Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein
is going even further—calling on the U.S. to stop all funding for
Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Jill
Stein and her running mate Ajamu Baraka have been speaking out on all
media to bring these issues to the American people. Yesterday, they
held a town on CNN for about 1.5 hours. They are getting traction but
the GOP/DEM controlled debate commission will simply not allow them
into the debates. Its the only way to keep the 3rd parties down.

In fact,
while polls show Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are among the least
popular major-party candidates to ever run for the White House, it
appears no third-party candidates will be invited to take part in the
first presidential debate next month. The debates are organized by
the Commission on Presidential Debates, which is controlled by the
Democratic and Republican parties. Under the commission’s rules,
candidates will only be invited if they are polling at 15 percent in
five national surveys. Libertarian presidential candidate Gary
Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein have both witnessed recent
surges in support, but neither have crossed the 15 percent threshold.
More than 12,000 people have signed a petition organized by
RootsAction calling for a four-way presidential debate. We speak to
Green Party presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein. Four years ago she
was arrested outside a presidential debate protesting her exclusion
from the event.